🧠 How to Interpret Lab Values for the NCLEX: A Visual Cheat Sheet
Learn normal lab value ranges for NCLEX success. Use KOTC’s visual guide to interpret labs and answer priority questions like a pro.
🧂 Mastering Electrolyte Imbalances for the NCLEX: Sodium, Potassium, and Calcium
Learn to recognize and manage electrolyte imbalances like hyponatremia, hyperkalemia, and hypocalcemia for NCLEX success. Includes a KOTC science visual and pro tips.
🦠 Airborne, Droplet, and Contact Precautions – NCLEX Infection Control
Learn the differences between isolation precautions for airborne, droplet, and contact infections. Includes PPE, room type, and NCLEX-tested diseases with a KOTC visual.
⚠️ Magnesium Toxicity: NCLEX Warning Signs & Interventions
Master the signs, symptoms, and nursing actions for magnesium sulfate toxicity. This NCLEX-focused blog includes therapeutic ranges, antidote, reflex checks, and a KOTC visual.
😷 Croup vs Epiglottitis: NCLEX Pediatric Airway Emergency Guide
Learn the critical differences between croup and epiglottitis for NCLEX. This guide covers airway sounds, symptoms, treatments, and nursing interventions with a KOTC visual.
👶 NCLEX Developmental Milestones: Infant Growth by Age
Learn the most testable developmental milestones from birth to 12 months. This NCLEX-focused blog uses a KOTC visual to summarize physical, motor, and social growth.
🚨 Umbilical Cord Prolapse: NCLEX Signs, Risks, and Priority Actions
Learn how to recognize, respond, and manage umbilical cord prolapse — an NCLEX emergency OB scenario. Includes signs, causes, nursing interventions, and KOTC visuals.
💉 NCLEX Blood Transfusion Reactions: A Visual & Clinical Guide
Learn the key blood transfusion reactions, symptoms, and nursing interventions for NCLEX. This visual breakdown covers hemolytic, allergic, febrile, and sepsis reactions.
🔥 Burn Classifications: NCLEX Guide to Depth, Symptoms, and Nursing Actions
Quickly master first, second, and third-degree burns for NCLEX. Learn symptoms, assessment, and nursing interventions using KOTC visuals and mnemonics.
🩺 DKA vs HHS: NCLEX Emergency Endocrine Breakdown
Quickly master the differences between DKA and HHS for the NCLEX. Symptoms, labs, and nursing actions made easy with King of the Curve visuals and mnemonics.
💊 Digoxin Toxicity: NCLEX Signs, Labs, and Nursing Priorities
Master Digoxin toxicity for the NCLEX. Learn symptoms, ECG changes, lab values, and nursing actions with this KOTC visual and pharmacology breakdown.
🧠 Pediatric Increased Intracranial Pressure (ICP): NCLEX Signs & Nursing Actions
Learn the early and late signs of increased ICP in infants and children. This NCLEX-ready blog covers symptoms, nursing priorities, and high-yield KOTC visuals.
🧒 Croup vs Epiglottitis: NCLEX Airway Emergency Essentials
Learn the key differences between croup and epiglottitis with this KOTC visual. Master symptoms, nursing interventions, and airway priorities for the NCLEX.
🤰 Preeclampsia vs Eclampsia: NCLEX Red Flag Signs Every Nurse Must Know
Understand the key differences between preeclampsia and eclampsia for the NCLEX. This blog breaks down symptoms, labs, and nursing priorities with a KOTC visual.
🍬 Type I vs. Type II Diabetes: NCLEX Clarity in One Visual
Quickly learn the key differences between Type I and Type II diabetes for the NCLEX. This KOTC blog uses a visual to compare insulin production, beta-cell damage, symptoms, and nursing interventions.
🧒 Heat Stroke in Pediatric Patients: NCLEX Must-Know Signs & Interventions
Learn the signs, symptoms, and nursing interventions for pediatric heat stroke. This NCLEX-ready blog features a KOTC visual and clinical breakdown of thermoregulation emergencies.
Cervical Spine Positioning in Neonatal Resuscitation: What Every Nurse Must Know
When it comes to neonatal resuscitation, even small positioning errors can prevent effective ventilation. The NCLEX frequently tests your understanding of newborn airway anatomy—especially the critical role of cervical spine positioning during resuscitation efforts.
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: What Nursing Students Must Know for the NCLEX
Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a common condition with high clinical relevance, especially in musculoskeletal and neuro exam sections of the NCLEX. It involves compression of the median nerve within the carpal tunnel of the wrist—often due to overuse, repetitive motion, or systemic conditions like pregnancy and diabetes.
How ACE Inhibitors Work – A Key NCLEX Pharmacology Concept
ACE inhibitors (Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme inhibitors) are essential medications in the treatment of hypertension and heart failure. Understanding their pharmacodynamics is crucial for NCLEX preparation, as they frequently appear in medication-related questions.
Enzyme Kinetics and the Michaelis-Menten Equation: Key Concepts for the DAT
Master enzyme kinetics for the DAT! Learn the Michaelis-Menten equation, key enzyme properties, and strategies for solving DAT-style questions.